Pony tail holder for ladies&#39; hair



June 18, 1957 J. E. MOONEY, JR 2,796,069

PONY TAIL. HOLDER FOR LADIES HAIR Filed Sept. 4, 1956 INVENTOR. JQMES0M40 MOO V5), J8.

PONY TAIL HOLDER FOR LADIES HAIR James Edward Mooney, Jr., NorthHollywood, Calif., assignor of one-half to Shelby F. Wooley, Sun Valley,Calif.

Application September 4, 1956, Serial No. 607,708

3 Claims. (Cl. 132-46) This invention relates to an ornamental device tobe worn in a ladys hair to hold the hair in a style popularly known as apony tail. The device provides a central opening through which the longstrands of hair extend to form the pony tail as well as providing adecorative flexible cone shaped support which lies against the back ofthe head of the wearer and confines any short hair strands to preserve aneat appearance.

An important object of my invention is to provide a device of this typewhich may be cut from a flat sheet of material and which provides anaccess slot to the central opening while in flat form, the slot beingclosed after the long hair strands are in place in the central openingto provide a generally cone shaped device. Other and more detailedobjects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a preferred form of the device inplace on the head of a wearer.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the device in flat form, showing the accessslot leading to the central opening.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the same device showing the access slotclosed to cause the device to assume a generally conical shape.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken substantially on the lines 44 asshown in Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings, the disk member generally designated is cutor otherwise formed of fiat material such as, for example, leather,metal or plastic material. The member 10 has a central opening 11 and isprovided with side edges 12 and 13 which define the sides of an entranceslot 14 communicating with the central opening 11. The entrance slot 14is angular in shape, and the side edges 12 and 13 converge toward thecentral opening 11. The outer edge 15 of the member 10 is preferablysoalloped or formed with a petal design as shown rather than having acontinuous circular rim. This provides desirable flexibility andresiliency which otherwise would not be achieved. The flexibility aswell as the ornamental appearance is further improved by the provisionof cut-out portions 16 in the various petal elements 17.

*nited States Patent 0 ice When the side edges 12 and 13 are broughtinto overlapping position as shown in Figures 3 and 4 the entrance slot14 is eliminated, and the member 10 takes on the shape of a cone. Snapfastener elements 18 and 19 are provided for holding the edges 12 and 13in overlapping relationship. In use, the member 10 is placed adjacentthe back of the head of the wearer and the long strands of hair whichare to form the pony tail are passed inwardly through the access slot 14to the central opening 11. The edges 12 and 13 are then placed inoverlapping relationship and the snap fastener elements 18 and 19 aresecured, to hold the member 10 in a conical shape. In this position themember conforms closely to the shape of the back of the head and thisfeature is enhanced by the resilience and flexibility provided by thepetal shaped elements 17 and the ornamental cut-out 16. Relatively shortstrands of hair near the back of the head of the wearer are resilientlybut firmly held by the member 10.

Having fully described my invention, it is to be understood that I donot wish to be limited to the details herein set forth, but my inventionis of the full scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described for holding ladies hair in a ponytail style, the improvement comprising: a generally disk shaped memberformed of fiat material and having a hair strand receiving opening, themember also having edges defining an entrance slot communicating withthe central opening, the entrance slot being angular in shape with theside edges converging toward the central opening, the side edges beingcapable of being brought into overlapping relationship to eliminate theentrance slot and to cause the member to assume a conical shape, andreleasable fastener means to maintain the side edges in overlappingrelationship.

2. The device set forth in claim 1 wherein the said member has anirregular outer periphery to provide flexibility and resilience forconforming to the shape of the back of the head of a wearer.

3. The device set forth in claim 2 wherein cut out portions are providedto increase the flexibility of the periphery of said member.

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